J. Lynn Rowan

About me

J. Lynn Rowan fell in love with writing and history at an early age, and by the time she entered high school, she had decided to combine the two. Her current work in progress is a historical romance set during the American Civil War, of which she is an avid student.

When she is not writing or researching, she teaches second grade near Syracuse, New York.

Recent tweets

17 hours ago

Interesting! Rare footage of Helen Keller speaking in 1930, Annie Sullivan explains how she was taught to speak: http://t.co/Yqr1TX5eTb

17 hours ago

@KerryJDonovan Thanks for following!

1 day ago

I'm loving Google's homepage today.

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I hate when this happens. http://t.co/1AMS471Pbi

2 days ago

19 days left. Every teacher can relate to at least half of these by this point in the school year. http://t.co/Mhtdu3yv9P

From my website

My Writing Process, Step-By-Step

If you have never seen Nathan Bradford’s explanation of the publishing process in GIF form, you should definitely check it out. Funny and accurate.  It sort of inspired today’s post, in part. Or at least in format. A few days ago, somebody over in the Scribophile forums posed a question…

Teacher Appreciation Week

This week, May 6-10, is Teacher Appreciation Week. I decided to make a quick shout-out to some of the awesome teacher’s I’ve had, who truly had a hand in shaping the person I am today, both as a writer and as a teacher. Filed under: vlog

New Yorkers Unite for Our State Parks!

I don’t often get up on a soap box – at least I hope I don’t – unless I feel very strongly about something. Or if something really catches my interest and I just have to spread the word. That’s what’s happening today. A couple years ago, when New York…

 
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